Staying Grounded Without Checking Out

By Leo Babauta A lot of people right now are feeling exhaustion from the news, the economy, politics, wars, the AI frenzy … it’s a lot to deal with. People tend to have two responses to feeling like the world is too much: Being over-engaged : Feeling anxious about the world, you can get hooked on following the latest news, doomscrolling through social media and other feeds, and spinning in your head about it all; or Disengaging : It feels like too much, and so you check out. You don’t follow any of the news, you don’t check social media (or only the entertaining parts), you don’t get involved.